Entertainment Desk : dhakamirror.com French luxury fashion house and cosmetic giant Dior is doubling down on its relationship with Johnny Depp, reports a media. Having stood by the star even when he faced choppy PR waters amid his legal battle with ex-wife Amber Heard, Dior has now signed Depp to a massive deal, marking it ... Read more
Month: May 2023
Salman Khan’s ex Sangeeta Bijlani calls his mother ‘mom’
Entertainment Desk : dhakamirror.com Bollywood Salman Khan is not only an ace actor but also a loving family man. The actor often shares glimpses of his family moments. Be it playing with his niece and nephew, wishing his sisters on special occasion and many more. On Mother’s Day (May 9), which is Sunday late night, ... Read more
Priyanka Chopra pens heartwarming note on Mother’s Day
Entertainment Desk : dhakamirror.com Actress Priyanka Chopra took to Instagram to pen a heartwarming note as a tribute to her mother Madhu Chopra, and her mother-in-law Denise Jonas, with a special mention for her daughter Malti Marie Chopra Jonas for blessing her with the joy of motherhood. Her Instagram post included unseen photos, with the ... Read more
Man hits lottery jackpot that will last the rest of his life
News Desk : dhakamirror.com Robin Riedel has been playing Oregon Lottery games with the philosophy, “It’s not a matter of if, but when.” His “when” came on Monday, when he hit the jackpot in the Oregon Lottery’s Win for Life game, earning him a $1,000 check each week for the rest of his life. Riedel, ... Read more
A lucky escape
News Desk : dhakamirror.com Mocha makes landfall in Myanmar, weakens; causes no serious damage in Bangladesh Cyclone Mocha veered towards Myanmar and eventually made landfall there a few hours earlier than forecast and it did not cause massive damage that many in Bangladesh feared. Around 13,500 houses were affected by the cyclone in Cox’s Bazar, ... Read more
Bangladesh becoming a very unequal country
Says Citizen’s Platform for SDGs Business Desk : dhakamirror.com Bangladesh is increasingly becoming a very unequal country as the disparity between income distribution and consumption has been growing for years, said the Citizen’s Platform for SDGs, Bangladesh today. The concerns come as income inequality rose to 0.499 on the Gini coefficient scale, which measures the ... Read more
Budget has become an orphan, IMF its foster father: Debapriya
News Desk : dhakamirror.com The budget of Bangladesh has become an orphan and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) is now the foster father of it, said Debapriya Bhattacharya, a distinguished fellow of the Centre for Policy Dialogue (CPD). “When the IMF goes to a country with their programme, it establishes a singular authority over economic ... Read more
Cyclone Mocha: Water vessel movement resumes
News Desk : dhakamirror.com A day after cyclone Mocha made landfall, movement of all types of water vessels resumed across the country this morning. The water transport movement began around 9:30am, Mobarak Hossain Majumder, public relations officer of Bangladesh Inland Water Transport Authority (BIWTA), told The Daily Star. BIWTA suspended operations of all types of ... Read more
Postponed SSC exams to be held after May 23: Dipu Moni
News Desk : dhakamirror.com Education Minister Dipu Moni today said the postponed SSC and equivalent examinations, which were scheduled for May 14 and 15, will be held after the theoretical examinations end on May 23. The education minister told reporters of the development while answering a question during a programme in the capital. Theses exams ... Read more
Bangladesh escapes worst of Mocha impacts
News Desk : dhakamirror.com Bangladesh largely escaped the worst impacts of very severe cyclone Mocha, as the storm barely touched the country’s southeastern tip while making landfall on Sunday afternoon on the Bangladesh-Myanmar coast. The cyclone, however, made a mess of St Martin’s island, about 9km south of the southeastern tip of mainland Bangladesh, with ... Read more
Popular actor, freedom fighter Farooque no more
Entertainment Desk : dhakamirror.com Legendary Bangladeshi film actor, freedom fighter and ruling Awami League lawmaker for Dhaka-17 Akbar Hossain Pathan (Farooque) passed away while undergoing treatment at Mount Elizabeth Hospital in Singapore on Monday. He was 74. The actor died at about 10:00am Singapore local time. Farooque dominated the silver screen during the 1970s, 1980s ... Read more
Shakib ruled out of third ODI against Ireland with finger injury
Sports Desk : dhakamirror.com Bangladesh all-rounder Shakib Al Hasan has been ruled out from the third and final one-day international against Ireland after he suffered a finger injury while fielding in the second ODI in Chelmsford, England on May 12. The third and final ODI will be played at the same venue on Sunday. ‘Shakib ... Read more
Monday’s SSC, equivalent exams in all boards postponed
News Desk : dhakamirror.com The government on Sunday postponed the Secondary School Certificate and equivalent examinations scheduled for Monday in all boards for the situation due to cyclone Mocha. The National University authorities also cancelled its B.Ed examinations across the Bangladesh scheduled for Monday for the cyclone. Earlier, the government postponed the SSC and equivalent ... Read more
Former Zimbabwe captain Heath Streak critically ill
Sports Desk : dhakamirror.com FORMER Zimbabwe national cricket team captain Heath Streak, who is currently serving an eight year-ban from the game for breaching the International Cricket Council’s anti-corruption code, is reportedly critically ill, prompting calls for prayers from the public. David Coltart, who served as Zimbabwe’s minister of education, sport, arts and culture from ... Read more
IFIC Banker awards employees’ children
Business Desk : dhakamirror.com Employees of IFIC Bank were felicitated by giving gold coins to newborns and children of different ages. On the occasion, an award giving ceremony was organised at Sena Malanch in Dhaka Cantonment on Saturday, reads a press release. Shah A Sarwar, managing director and chief executive of the bank, attended as ... Read more
EBL hosts AML and CFT conference in Sylhet
Business Desk : dhakamirror.com To enhance Anti-Money Laundering (AML) and Combating Financing of Terrorism (CFT) knowledge and skill of its employees, Eastern Bank Ltd (EBL) organised a day-long conference for BMs and BAMLCOs of Sylhet zone at Grand Sultan Tea Resort and Golf on Saturday. Masud Rana, additional director, and Md Rokon-Uz-Zaman, joint director of ... Read more
SUB Pharmacy Dept organises international conference
News Desk : dhakamirror.com The Department of Pharmacy, State University of Bangladesh (SUB), has organised the International Conference on Pharmaceutical Sciences. Senior officials of pharmaceutical companies, respected researchers, faculties, students from more than 30 universities in the world, including the United States, South Korea, Malaysia, India and Nepal, are participating in the conference, reads a ... Read more
Zaynax Health achieves gold at ITEX, Malaysia
Business Desk : dhakamirror.com Zaynax Health, South Asia’s first Health Super App, has been awarded Gold at ITEX, Malaysia 2023 competing with around 3000 participants from more than 40 countries, said a press release on Saturday. The event is regarded as the largest international exhibition for invention, innovation, and technology in Asia and the award ... Read more
Five districts have very low literacy rate
Kamrun Nahar Sumy Five districts lag far behind in literacy rate from the national average, among people aged seven and above, which has increased to 74.66 per cent, according to the preliminary report of the Population and Housing Census 2022. The rate of literacy, defined as the ability to read and write, was 51.77 per ... Read more
Mocha starts crossing Cox’s Bazar coast, wind speed up to 215 kmph: BMD
News Desk : dhakamirror.com The very severe cyclone Mocha has started crossing Cox’s Bazar-north Myanmar coast and is likely to move north-northeasterly direction further and complete crossing Cox’s Bazar-North Myanmar coast near Sittwe of Myanmar by afternoon or evening on Sunday, according to the latest bulletin of the Bangladesh Meteorological Department on Sunday morning. The ... Read more